Dual Distributed Networks Provided Integrated Solution in Wembley Park, London

Project Overview

The Facility

Wembley Park, spanning 85 acres, was the canvas for this ambitious project. Its vast landscape encompassed a million square meters of diverse residential, commercial, and retail units, marking it as a beacon of modern urban development. Europe’s largest smart build-to-rent (BtR) complex features over 7,000 BtR apartments.

The Challenge

The challenge in Wembley Park’s development was how to seamlessly integrate an array of smart devices into the fabric of the infrastructure, particularly within the constraints of lampposts. The original design, reliant on traditional power delivery methods, posed aesthetic and logistical hurdles, demanding a more elegant and efficient solution.

The Solution

KelTech IoT’s DDN solution revolutionized the industry by eliminating bulky enclosures. With DDN, lampposts no longer require permanent power, as endpoints are powered by a compact underground system. This streamlined the design aesthetically and enhanced reliability and fault resolution capabilities through a centralized UPS and monitoring system.

The deployment of small cell networks in high-density urban environments is expensive and time-consuming. In addition to deploying a passive fiber communications infrastructure, a parallel power solution is also required. This powering of a small cell network requires an additional specialized set of electrical design, implementation, test, and commission resources, increasing overall time and deployment costs.

VoltServer worked closely with KelTech IoT to tackle this challenge by combining the fundamentals of a communication network, i.e., data and power, in an ‘all-digital’ solution. This significantly reduced the dedicated resources needed to power a small-cell network. DDN results in a smaller, quicker, more cost-effective, and safer implementation.